This was actually a pretty quick day. The tank gave us a little trouble, but it only took about half an hour to get it off the car. This was a pretty big event in my mind. We did have one hiccup. There was about 3 gallons of gas in…
I received the charger in the mail yesterday. I was kind of hoping for the adapter plate so I could get it off to the machine shop. The charger is heavier than I thought. The shipping weight was 33 lbs and that feels pretty accurate. I didn’t realize that it…
Yesterday was the day I set aside to get all of the body work done. First things first I had to get the rear passenger wheel unstuck. The rotors in the back had rusted together and the wheel wouldn’t budge. It took half a can of WD-40, a sledgehammer, and…
Last night one of the three packages of my conversion kit arrived! It contained my motor, controller and controller fuse (I think). I hope this means the rest will be here soon, although I do have a pretty good sized list to complete before I start getting the parts installed….
The plan was to remove the dash so I could get to the heater core and prepare the new gauges to be installed. This didn’t really happen. I spent about 3 hours trying to remove the entire dash. I managed to get the lower portion off but the upper portion…
This morning I stopped by our small post office and mailed out the clutch plate so the shaft coupler can be made. It cost $11.50 to get the plate from Maine to Utah – I haven’t decided if that’s expensive yet. As part of the package that I bought from…
Today we pulled the gas engine out of the car. As soon as I walked into work I got a call from my wife saying that my old man had some time in the shop today where we could get the motor pulled out. I was a bit worried I…
Left for the shop first thing in the morning. Armed with nothing but a small ratchet set and some screwdrivers I was determined to make some headway. I spend about 3.5 hours in total taking things off the vehicle. Would’ve been about 2 but it is incredibly difficult to remove…
Last Saturday 06/28/08 we went down to Washington, Maine to purchase and pick up the donor car. The car is a 1994 Toyota Tercel. I decided on this car mainly due to its curb weight (1950 lbs) and also due to the condition of the vehicle. There is a small…
